Rotman Faculty: Global Impact

Learn from the world’s leading business thinkers.

The management faculty at Rotman is the largest in Canada, and is ranked among the top five globally for business research. Our 125 faculty members bring their stellar reputation for groundbreaking scholarship, teaching excellence, and insight into a wide range of management issues into every classroom experience.

Dilip Soman on Behavioural Economics

Professor of Finance
Maple Financial Group Chair in Derivatives and Risk Management

PhD, Cranfield University

Author of widely-cited works Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, Risk Management and Financial Institutions, and Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets.

In 2011, received a lifetime achievement award from Risk, one of the world’s leading financial risk management magazines.

"The research we do at Rotman quickly finds its way into the classroom. We work hard to give our students the best experience possible, and the blend of theory and practice – the real world impact – is why I enjoy teaching here."

John Hull on Sub-Prime Mortgages

Professor of Finance
TSX Chair in Capital Markets

Bank of Canada Fellow
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Author of Elements of Financial Risk Management, associate editor of several industry publications, former economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and member of the Model Validation Council at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC.

Richard Florida on the Creative Class

Professor of Strategic Management

Professor of Strategic Management

PhD in Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management
Co-author of New York Times business bestseller Creative DestructionMcKinsey Consultant in New York City, 1990 -1999

Associate Professor of Finance

Recipient of the Outstanding Paper Award from the Swiss Finance Institute.

Over twelve years of experience teaching courses on capital markets and corporate finance at the undergraduate and graduate level.

"Because Toronto is a major financial centre, there is a terrific interplay at the Rotman School between academic experts and industry professionals, making for a rich learning environment for our students."

David Y. Timbrell Associate Professor of OB/HRM

Deloitte Professor and Professor of Accounting

PhD, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
MBA, University of Michigan

Widely published in journals including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Review of Accounting Studies and the Journal of International Business Studies.

"We have high expectations of our students, but we’re also on their side, helping them achieve their best. It’s in part because of our students that the accounting department has become one of the best in the world."

An applied economist and an expert on the airline industry; part of a team of faculty members responsible for delivering Rotman's Integrative Thinking courses, Lederman's research is on market structure and organizational design.

Associate Professor of Strategic Management

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

An applied economist and an expert on the airline industry; part of a team of faculty members responsible for delivering Rotman's Integrative Thinking courses, Lederman's research is on market structure and organizational design.